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WinoGelato. I know that one's body breaks down alcohol to acetaldehyde, and then to acetate. So I Googled "does your body burn acetate" instead of what I really wanted to know, which is "how does your body burn acetate". I like reading old posts, and to me, it does not matter that someone who started this thread 8 years…
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Hi Kimny72. Thanks for the advice. You are a moderator?
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Kinny72: Some people say that alcohol may disrupt ketosis
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WinoGelato: what prompted me was alaneg's comment: "What I don't get is why it makes a difference which callories are burnt first. ".
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Something I forgot to mention is that if you have constantly high levels of glucose you will have constantly high levels of insulin. Insulin stops your body from breaking down fat. Constantly elevated levels of insulin cause your body to become insulin resistant. You will need to secrete larger amounts of insulin in order…
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Oops. I meant to say: Here you would not even eat too much protein, because what you don't use to repair muscle and make enzymes, your body converts to glucose, and then your body will immediately switch to burning glucose over ketones (YOU EXIT ketosis).
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In response to alaneg's post: In the end, most of what you eat will be used as energy. Some of the fat you eat (e.g. essential fatty acids) is used for membranes and hormone production, and much of the protein you eat will be used to maintain muscles and make enzymes etc. If you just focus on the food that will be burned…
